[cayugabirds-l] Vesoer Sparrows, ne Ithaca
I flushed a surprising 4 Vespers today from the field eest of Bluegrass Lane, northeast Ithaca. They were in the northwest quadrant of the cut field of switchgrass, near the corn - into which they disappeared when flushed. tss -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Saturday birding
I did a leisurely day of birding around Tompkins County today. Highlights include: A continuing NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH in the bog on Purvis Rd, south of Dryden Lake. I had this bird a couple of weeks ago, and considered that a late date. But, I figured I'd try again today, and it was still there. I heard its distinctive call note before the bird itself appeared to be photographed. I will post on my Picasa site soon. Two cold Killdeer were in a wet tractor rut where I expected snipe, in the field east of the south end of West Lake Rd near Dryden Lake. A long crow watch at the Cornell compost by the Game Farm turned up only 4 tagged crows, a couple of Fish Crows, an increasing number of Herring Gulls, and a single Lesser Black-backed Gull (a near-adult sporting a black bill with a yellow quarter tip). Turkey Vulture numbers were down to about 20. Plenty of Red-tailed Hawk action kept clearing the piles. Lesser Black-back was in groups loafing on the hill; viewing for species was better from Stevenson Rd than in the compost area. A single male Purple Finch was with House Finches at the corner of Warren and Bluegrass Lane. I did not find anything interesting on Bluegrass, despite Tom's sparrows. A stomp through the north side of the community gardens on Freese Rd turned up a bunch of House Sparrows, lots of American Goldfinches, a few White-throated Sparrows, a good number of Song Sparrows, and a single Fox Sparrow. The light was bad for photographing birds today, but the countryside is really beautiful right now. We do live in a beautiful place! Kevin -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Carncross Rd. Sandhills
Some may be interested to know that the SANDHILL CRANE family (2 adults, 2 juveniles) continues in the Carncross Rd. vicinity; i.e.Nothern Montezuma. There were a lot of hunters in the area today, so the adults were very vigilant, while the young foraged in the corn stubble almost constantly. The juveniles appear the same size as the adults, can fly just as well, and are developing a lot of red over the eyes. This red has a rusty hue, unlike the bright shade on the adults. Under the eye in the adult is bright white, while that area in the juvenile is grayish. The juveniles are also easily distinguished by having some of their earlier fawn color still showing on the back of the head and down the back of the neck. Otherwise they are battleship gray on the body, like the adults. Steve Fast Brooktondale -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma trip
We're on our way back now, but we had a pretty successful trip until the train started in earnest. Highlights were a very late BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER in the willows along shore at Long Point State Park; BONAPARTE'S GULLS off Frontenac Park and Harris Park; both GLOSSY and WHITE-FACED IBIS at the visitor center pond; 3 BRANT and AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS on Towpath Road; and a gorgeous juvenile WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and a dull LEAST SANDPIPER with about 36 DUNLIN at Colvin Marsh in Savannah. One of the Dunlin had very white underparts and eyestripe, very odd looking. I will post photos when I get home. Thanks to everyone who joined me! Jay -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Robins and Juncos
Hi all, I just looked out of my computer room window into the yard as I saw a robin. On looking out I found 18 Am. Robins feeding on the ground. May be warm rain brought the earthworms to the surface. So I watched them for sometime after I typed this. But I don't see them picking up earthworms, but they are picking some things and feeding. Two Dark-eyed Juncos are feeding on grass seeds, but often squabbling and flashing their white tail feathers. So it is not for the insects they are flairing their tails. Whole morning I have been sitting and working with Xeno-Canto as a preparation to my upcoming Bolivia trip and listening to my two year old Peru recordings. Yesterday I had uploaded a clip as unknown. Dan Lane identified 9 species of birds in a recording of 1.2 minutes. Birds included Rufous-vented Tapaculo, dueting Grey-breasted Wood-wren, two species of Myiothlypis warblers, a Flowerpiercer, a Woodcreeper and a tanager. So I am drooling over thinking what I will be seeing in Bolivia. Just now I looked at one of my unidentified cuts, that contained Black-faced Antthursh, White-throated Toucan, Cinereous Tinamou, and now I see eight other species of birds which as of now I cant identify, but at least two of them seem identifiable and familiar. On two of the Black-faced Antthrush notes exactly over lapping are two other different species of birds! It is fun playing with spectrograms in Adobe Audition where you can see the different birds clearly! Happy birding and listening folks! Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Cattle Egret in Seneca County
Driving on Rt. 96 near Romulus about 10:30am this morning I saw what I suspected to be a Cattle Egret in a field with some dairy cows. I didn't have my binos with me to check it out. About 1pm today, Mary Jean and our granddaughter Emma and I went back and confirmed it to be a Cattle Egret. We watched it for about 15 minutes and then it flew off while we were there. We drove around the area checking out other fields with cattle or horses but didn't see it again. More specific location is route 96 across the road from the Seneca County Law Enforcement Center in a field with a mixed herd of Jersey and Holstein dairy cattle. Marty == Marty Schlabach m...@cornell.edu 8407 Powell Rd. home 607-532-3467 Interlaken, NY 14847 cell315-521-4315 == -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma trip
Here is our checklist with the Black-throated Green (although I think others may have gotten better pictures): http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15544306 And Colvin Marsh with the white-faced Dunlin: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15547469 On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 10:12 PM, david nicosia daven1...@yahoo.com wrote: Here's a few shots of the shorebirds that Jay mentioned at Colvin Marsh Savannah, NY across from the MAC. Did not get a decent one of the odd dunlin. http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/sets/72157637243721246/ What is nice about this place is that you can actually get CLOSE to the shorebirds!!! Dave Nicosia On Saturday, November 2, 2013 3:40 PM, Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu wrote: We're on our way back now, but we had a pretty successful trip until the train started in earnest. Highlights were a very late BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER in the willows along shore at Long Point State Park; BONAPARTE'S GULLS off Frontenac Park and Harris Park; both GLOSSY and WHITE-FACED IBIS at the visitor center pond; 3 BRANT and AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS on Towpath Road; and a gorgeous juvenile WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and a dull LEAST SANDPIPER with about 36 DUNLIN at Colvin Marsh in Savannah. One of the Dunlin had very white underparts and eyestripe, very odd looking. I will post photos when I get home. Thanks to everyone who joined me! Jay -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html *Please submit your observations to eBird http://ebird.org/content/ebird/!* -- -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html *Please submit your observations to eBird http://ebird.org/content/ebird/!* -- -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Additions
MNWR Saturday sightings not posted elsewhere: 2 Common Gallinule (or possibly 1 fast-paddling) at VanDyne Spoor Rd. Ross's Goose at Knox-Marsellus at sunset 3 Long-billed Dowitchers flying around K-M at sunset David Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
